and it was kavanaugh who recommended john roberts. and i think that john roberts is somebody that he has followed his career and modeled himself after. we should also point out that i think neil gorsuch was two years ahead of him at georgetown prep. so these are swampy selections. >> well, and who did he invoke? what justice on the supreme court name did he mention? elena kagan, a president obama appointee. >> right, after thanking and showing respect for kennedy who he clerked for. >> and don't hold your breath for how often they vote together, but that's okay. >> the numbers game. look, god willing, senator mccain is healthy enough to come in and vote. if he is not, then you really have a one-vote margin in here. do you think that they will hold ranks because everybody keeps saying it's going to be a war. it's going to be a war. but it comes down to numbers. and if they hold ranks, how do they lose? >> they don't lose if they hold ranks. plus there are a number of recei red-state democrats who will very likely have to take seriously

john roberts stand by. andy wheeler, those who don't know, the acting epa corrector, a lawyer, lobbyist by trade, he said senate confirmed. he previously served as co-leader of the energy practice at the law firm of thager baker daniels. wheeler was previously aid to u.s. senator james imhoff and staffer on environmental and public works. wheeler is a consider it chiropractic of nationwide limits on greenhouse gas emissions. and has supported the continued use of fossil fuels. that of course is a key push for the administration, limiting greenhouse gas not high on their agenda. wheeler follows in the steps of scott pruitt, also against greenhouse gas emissions limiting nationwide limits to greenhouse gas emissions and supporting the continued use of fossil fuels. in october 2017 wheeler was nominated by the president to become the deputy administrator. he was, as john said, he was confirmed by the senate. now he will be the acting epa director in the short time. and you go back to john roberts talking about

roberts, fox news. >> that's such dishonest -- >> since you attacked it cnn. >> john roberts, go ahead. >> reporter: can i ask -- >> cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from -- cnn is fake news. john roberts of fox. >> so roberts asked his question, he was criticized for not calling out the president, but arguably shall shown loyalty to his employer first. then came in moment on wednesday, nbc's hallie jackson was quizzing sarah sanders about the white house claim when the president said know about putin's spore phoenix, he was just saying no to more questions. here's the end of the back-and-forth. majority up go ahead, just to follow up on my second question. >> you asked two. i'm going to move on to two -- one again, hallie, eye movie on. jordan, go ahead. >> so she was trying to call on jordan fabian of "the hill." here is what happened next. >> sorry, hallie, go ahead if you want. >> i'm going to take a question from jordan. >> i just want to know when. at least i don't remember when a time -- >> i think by stating the fact that the president said that russia interfered with o

can i ask you a question in. >> no, no, john roberts, go ahead. cnn's fake news, i don't take questions from cnn. cnn is attack news, john roberts of fox. >> so roberts then asks, without making kimps i reference, he was criticized and arguably has shown on wednesday halle jackson was quizzing sarah sanders about when the president and putin interfered in the election. sanders tried to move onto the next questioner. here's the end of the back and forth. >> he sees, he is misspoken, he comes out and says that. >> you told the president once again, moving on to jordan. go ahead. >> so she was trying to call on jordan fabian of the hill. here's what happened next. >> i'm going to take a question. >> anything i remember a time the president publicly called out vladimir putin. >> i think the fact that the president said russia interfered with jordan. >> joining me now is jordan fabian, gutsy on your part, insofar as when you defer maybe sarah sanders isn't going to come back to you with another question. >> that thought entered my mind. all of us in th

howie: he called on john roberts. john acosta was interrupting, trying to hijack the question it's not a scrum where they are walking to the helicopter and everybody is shouting out. other said he should have stood up for cnn. john roberts said there are good journalists at cnn and the president's criticism was unfair. later the president posted of a take-down of jim acosta. and then the white house pulled john bolton this morning on cnn's state of the union saying they didn't want to reward acosta's bad behavior. we heard them dismiss welker for his dishonest reporting. did it strike you as dishonnist? gillian: no. it was delivered in a critical manner. it was a provocative question. that was fair. i can understand why maybe a president with a good relationship with mainstream media would feel taken aback by a hard question like that. but it does not make it dishonest reporting or fake news. john roberts did issue a statement saying he didn't find kristen welker's question dishonest. mollie: when president trump says

first up, chief white house correspondent john roberts on which way the wind may be blowing tonight when it comes to the mueller russian pro. good evening. >> the president has said on several occasions that he would like to sit down for an interview with robert mueller, but the chances of that happening, according to people we have talked to are rapidly approaching zero. >> multiple sources tell fox news that president trump and his outside legal team are expected to say no to an interview with robert mueller. in a phone call to fox news earlier today, attorney rudy giuliani certainly appeared to indicate that. >> no on the sit down until we get ironed out exactly what they want to do. right now i'm telling them no way, we are not going to do it. >> president trump has gotten markedly more personal in his criticism of the mueller investigation tweeting about his alleged conflicts of interest, including the fact that we had a

roberts he identified that as john roberts defends the affordable care act. he made a promise that he wouldn't make that mistake again. he wouldn't put somebody on the court who would vote to uphold parts of the affordable care a act. most of the things he said he would do as president of the united states and he has a candidate he has done a. it would take away the protections for people with pre-existing conditions. they made it their mission over the course of the last seven years to try to destroy the affordable care act. they have essentially retain the legislature anretainedthe legisn put before this congress on aio variety of occasions to try to replace the affordable care act with something that provides no productions for people with these illnesses come up the federalist society is in this gamgame two of trying to to of e affordable care act. the 24 other federalist society members signed and filed amicus briefs in support of this attack against the affordable care act and protections for pre-existing conditions.an so they decided the heritage found

let's go straight to john roberts for the breaking news about where we are in this process. i see john in the east room, good to see you. >> good evening. it's a place that you've been many, many times and we expect the president to walk out with his nominee for the supreme court in a little more than just 5 minutes. not to say definitively who it is but shannon bream and i are getting a strong lien from judge brett kavanaugh from the d.c. court of appeals. don't forget, this president likes to mix things up so maybe he's blowing smoke around. until the president walks out with kavanaugh at his side, we can't say definitively. those are the indications that shannon bream and i are both getting. if he does pick brett kavanaugh for the d.c. circuit court of appeals, that would add to the d.c. circuit court of appeals pedigree in the supreme court that includes john roberts and ruth bader ginsburg. as is clarence thomas, and a lot of people called the d.c. circuit the farm team for good reason. he's authored some 300 opinions at the d.c. circuit court of appeals which gives him

john roberts now has an enviable role this is the chief justice of the united states who becomes the swing vote. we've had many swing votes, sandra day o'connor, anthony kennedy never the swing vote being the chief justice. this will make him the most powerful chief justice in the modern era but yes he does sound like the chief justice. what do i mean by that? a respect for precedent, if it's going to change it will change slowly and gradually. it's not going to change all at once. liz: okay so here is the democrats really upset. this is what we're hearing, that he's anti-administrative state they're all about medicare for all. half of the democrats challeng ing the republicans incumbents are for med medicare for all a number of presidential contenders hopefuls, bernie sanders, elizabeth warren. he said he could knock that down >> yes here is the administrative state. this is the food and drug administration, the environmental pro of course administration, the securities and exchange commission i'm just giving you an example. the law says they write their own rules, they enforce thei

president may go towards brett cavanaugh is more like a john roberts. i do think there's no doubt this e urt is going to move to right. roberts is now the new swing vote, not necessarily, yes, it's not kennedy, but roberts member, joined the liberals to save obama care, yes, we will be more conservative than kennedy as a swing voter, i don't know if'l be taking the hard right turn that people fear or hope. i think it's going to be more of a drifut >> of new york, we saw some news with this 20-year-old, exandra cortez beating the incumbent. >> to me it was more emblematic of the gulf between washington democrats and the rank and file ght now. and it's not surprising that nancy pelosi or chuck schumer right now, the leadership of the decade might be out of touch with it's rank and foul. but crowley, was supposed to be the next speaker of the house, that most people thought he would be. turns out he's out of touch too. he didn't see thi coming. it tells many ethts me t the de party in washington doesn't understand the movement on the left. it's upsetting t

senator graham said, not crazy, solid like a john roberts type. he said he is not picked. president trump ran the idea of who he would pick, and he gave the list. people on the list are highly qualified. let me ask this part of the question. brian from georgia, what sort of justice would you like to see replace justice kennedy on the court. caller: thank you for taking my call. i think it was about time for justice kennedy to retire. i don't know why all the democrats are crying that they blocked one of obama's picks. his first two years when he was president. they are crying he did not get a third pick? that is a bunch of baloney. he got his first two election your picks. dams -- dems are never trumpeters and he can never do right. thank you. our linerida on democrats. go ahead. caller: good afternoon. first of all, i would like to say this is the first president of the united states, that i really have tremendous difficulty, not so much even approval of what he does, but in presentation of what our president is supposed to do for us as a country. as a woman, i feel very

that whole marine spin thing and bring us into the fold, john roberts, you're just hip. speak of the president is on at the oval yet. to be given us something to watch for now. so the democrats are against this pick. we don't quite know who it is yet, but we've narrowed it down to the four according to john roberts reporting via the president. how much should they be against a pick before it's happened because might there be one of them that they could get behind? >> andrew: no. the opposition to the pick is political and no matter who the pick will be, they will be a fight over it. one is concerned they have a bigger paper trail than the other, different critiques that they make of each individual one, it's going to be a brawl no matter he picks. i think a big part of the process will be how the person performs in the tested. >> harris: was interesting in this whole thing is we heard john touch on it for just a second but let's dwell on it now. this is it for the president and until a new congress comes along. so if he doesn't get who he wants at this point, that battle

john roberts, go ahead. can i ask you a question? no. john roberts, go ahead. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions. sir. i don't take questions from cnn. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. john roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. we are real network too, sir. what met one of the curiosities of mr trump's visit is that he keeps visiting term worry in the part of brexit. 0ne visiting term worry in the part of brexit. one of the mistress he continues to say is that he was here intermarried the day before brexit and he predicted the brexit vote when in fact he was here in turmeric the day brexit. apologies for that clip. 0n the issue of brexit, with the sun, you'll read one position from donald trump and listen to what he said at the press conference and you'll hear something quite different. i also want to thank prime minister may for pursuing fair and reciprocal trade with the united states. once the brexit process is concluded, and perhaps the uk has left the eu, i don't know what they are going to do, but whatever you do is ok with me. that's your dec

chris. >> chris: john roberts reporting here in helsinki, john,nk you. joining me now, the u.s. ambassador to russia, jon huntsman. amba mb>> apleadoassure tsao be with. >> chris: itaant tort with president trump's comments t ummimitco this week in helsinki. he he is. he te u.k.n rmoil, and isoewt have b e uldit of them all, who wo >> chris ambassador, do you for the president's meeting with putin as the easiest he has this week? aassador huntsman: i would say the president isur ec e pncersiiedent iedn recent ye. putiexperisienced nmiegotiator. ig otith h ipproh ase all of his subject thinking in terms ryh veintelligence operation. tr experienced and wise t the world. for theth president, challenges are certainly there, but i think he is genuinely looking forward to sitting across the table and trying to lashhellective bloode charts hi. ot good for the united states and is not goodrhr : t rea tson i ask is that you briefedbe the media re the president left forro pe and here is some of what "the ball really is in russia's court on the president will continue to hold russia accoun

john roberts, thank you. joining us here on set, chief national correspondent usually in the white house but he's filling in the 8:00 hour. >> i was trying to give you a big lead in. >> what he set about revering the constitution, about separation of powers. i'm actually going to read from a speech that he gave that to me, it shows his judicial philosophy. at the end of the day this comes down to original as him and constitutionalism. the president said, the constitution as written, judge cavanaugh has said the same thing many times. what's interesting here is very different than what the left wants. and she now picked her supreme court nominee. >> this president was transparent and honest in 2016 about saying, i want originalists who want a strict interpretation on the high court. he named them, scalia and thomas, and by the way put a packet together with 25 names and said, these are the people i will nominate. so there was no mystery. it was transparent and direct. >> he was on the list. >> the dnc just put

he identified that fatal flaw as john roberts defense of the affordable care act. he made a promise that he wouldn't make that decision again. he would not put somebody on the court who would vote to uphold parts of the affordable care act. you've got to take the president at his word. most of the things he said he would do as president of the united states when he was a candidate he has done. a lot of folks here didn't take him seriously. didn't think he would really try to unwind nato, didn't think he would really try to ban muslims from the united states, didn't think he would pursue this idea of the wall. he did all those things. let's take his word when he says he will not support a supreme court that will uphold the affordable care act. and the case that is moving up to the supreme court today is a case that would take away protections for people with preexisting conditions. second, he essentially outsourced the decision over who would be his nominee to these two political groups, the federal society and the heritage foundation. now we know where the heritage

court of appeal so was john roberts as was leah and thomas and ginsburg and ward berger. they all come from the d.c. circuit. they all come from the d.c. maybe they thoughtg. family and the trumps don't get along but george w. bush sent out a note tonight on the nomination to say president trump has made an outstanding decision to nominate judge kavanaugh he has faithfully applied the constitution through his 12 years at the d.c.o circuit and a man of the highest integrity he will be a good justice to the supreme court of the united states. now they are on to the nomination process and that willou be bruising to make at this point veryru predictable john roberts thank you. right here on fox news chief national correspondent usually in the white house but at the edit clock hour you are trying to fill in on every hour. what he said about repairing the constitution let me read from a speech that he t gave that shows that judicial philosophy this comes down to original resume constitutionalism. the president said the constitution has written that judge kavanaugh said the same

john roberts, traveling with mr. president . it has been an interesting day so far, and now, the family photo and coming up. a lot to cover. >> you know, he came here to shake things up with nato, as he did last year, there are some people who don't like it, there are others who say it is about time that something like this happens. you can put this under the heading of why ask for the moment when you can also ask for the stars? he has been pushing the nations of nato to live up to their two-person commitment of gdp. the president is saying why stop at 2%? why not go all the way to 4%? we should point out that 23 of 20 nations do not even hit that 2% threshold, and as far as 4% goes, the united states would have to increase its spending as well because we are projected to be at about 3.5%. there have been a lot of critics over the last few days who have suggested that the president is trying to weaken the nato alliance, but in the declaration that was released in the last hour, there is a very strong commitment, and this is a co

for to john roberts live at the white house. john, you touched briefly on whether there might be democrats that could come over to the president's side and give a little relief to some republicans that might find it politically difficult because of their own back yards. >> yeah. there's three in particular from the state of west virginia, indiana and north dakota. joe manchin, joe donnelly and heidi heitkamp. these are people the president has embraced and targeted. donnelly voted for amy barrett for the court of appeals. if the president picked her, it would be difficult for manchin and donnelly say it would be difficult to confirm her. if he was to pick a brett kavanaugh or if he was to pick a thomas hardiman or somebody like that, those three senators in particular would find it difficult to vote against that nominee. they are up for tough re-election battles in states that the president won handily. west virginia in particular. joe manchin has tried to make peace with the president, but the last time he was there at the gree

. >> harris: chief white house correspondent john roberts is live at the white house with details. i know last hour, you are on marine watch, where are we? >> marinas there and has been in for about the last 45 minutes or so, so the president is in the oval office. we keep watching twitter to see if he's going to announce that he has made a decision about his supreme court nominee but onto other things in the meantime, the president has said on numerous occasions that he would like to sit down with robert mueller and do an interview in the russian investigation but as you pointed out at the top, that concept in that prospect is looking less and less likely now. i spoke with rudy giuliani over the weekend, he told me that he wants robert mueller to produce evidence of some wrongdoing on the part of the president and also wants mueller to prove that he needs to get information that he can only get from the president before they agree to a sit down. listen to what giuliani said yesterday. >> we would not recommend it interview for the president unless they can satisfy us that there is

he cultivated theory that led john roberts to uphold the mandate. conservatives might argue about which is worse: an unelected judge opining on a mandate or that same unelected charge giving congress instructions on how to ensure it will." people think he might be in the roberts mold or the kennedy mold. >> some factual claims there. kavanaugh said you couldn't challenge the affordable care act because they were calling it the tax injunction act. they reached different conclusions. i was at that oral argument when he heard the case. kavanaugh's concern was he said if you take out the ability to have private-public partnerships which is what the affordable care act is. the federal government sub is advising the purchase of private insurance. he was thinking of the broad conservative agenda. he was thinking in terms of if i hand down a decision in this case, is it going to have adverse consequences i'm not going to like in other cases? i don't think you can read into that that he was necessarily being a liberal or conservative. so much as he was tryin

. >> melissa: john roberts is live right now with more, john? >> melissa, good to talk to you. the president about to depart bound for andrews air force base, doing a campaign rally in montana for the senate candidate and the president may give a tilted not toward the candidate he's thinking about for the supreme court, at least the importance of picking the proper supreme court nominee. the president really likes how picking the right judge can resonate with his base. where are we now in this selection process? we have sort of read tea leaves and used our of divining rod, brett cavanaugh, who is on the d.c. circuit court of appeals, is the likely front runner or maybe in a jump ball with another appellate court justice. some current conservatives were trying to take out brett kavanaugh because of a 2011 ruling on obamacare that they say amounted to a judicial nonsense on the bench. he was merely saying in that opinion that the court denied that the jurisdiction didn't decide the case on the merits because of the anti-injunction act. judge roberts disagreed with that, he ruled

john roberts go ahead you know now john roberts. see it as fake news i don't take i don't recall it since from c.n.n. c.n.n. is fake news i don't take questions from said john roberts of fox let's go real let's go to a real network real networks thank you mr president some people have suggested the relations between the united states and russia are at their lowest point since the end of the korean war and you have stated many many times that you think it's important to have a better relationship with russia is there any way for relations between the united states and russia to improve yes as long as putin continues to occupy crises i think so i think i'd have a very good relationship with president putin if we spent time together and i may be wrong you know other people have said that didn't work out but i'm different than other people i think that we're being hurt very badly by the i would call it the witch hunt i would call it the rig which aren't after watching some of the little clips i didn't get to watch too much because. i'm

john roberts joins us from the white house with the latest. john, you can't take a break, you have to be on your toes at all times at the white house. >> your head is on

john roberts, north lawn of the white house. thank you. >> sandra: the deadline to reunite the youngest migrant children with their families now less than a week away and the department in charge is a division of the health and human services agency but there are reports of mass confusion surrounding this process. joining us now is alex aczar the health and human services secretary. thank you for your time this morning. there does seem to be confusion on this matter. what can you tell us this morning to clear some of that up? >> thank you. first off there is absolutely no confusion on our part. we have the kids and we are working to comply with the court's order and what that involves. this is something we do. we've done this for years and years is dealing with children who are separated from their parents as part of illegal immigration into the united states. and so what do we have to do? we have to confirm that the people claiming to be their parents are actually their parents. we also have to confirm that the parents are suit

we begin with john roberts. john? >> neil, today we saw another occasion where the president just could not bring himself to say yes, it was russia that meddled in the election. that's the assessment from the intelligence community, the assessment from the two intelligence committees on capitol hill and i made it clear to president putin we don't like it and they better not yet do it again. he has not been able to say to it. every time it comes up, he equivocates as he did today. listen to this. >> me people came to me, dan coats came to me. they said they think it's russia. i have president putin. >> he said it's not russia. i'll say, this i don't see any reason why it would be. i have great confidence in my intelligence people. but i will tell you that president putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today. >> that brought an uncharacteristically directed response from dan coats who in a statement that was released not long after the president said that, the role of the intelligence community is to pr

john roberts become the center. and i think all of those issues, and maybe the most important one we're not thinking of as aggressively as we should and that's voting right. i don't think anthony kennedy really cared, he didn't end up gerrymandering on voting rights. >> is it fair to say that equal rights, things like gay marriage et cetera are going to be under threat now? >> well, dolly was talking about where justice kennedy defected. those were key aspects and that is why we're actually seeing this unprecedented process here when it comes to choosing a supreme court nominee where it's been outsourced to the federalist society and to some extent the heritage foundation, the notion is we don't want those kinds of defects and when saying that they're specifically thinking of abortion rights, perhaps around the margins, as opposed to invalidating people's marriages, but with respect to abortion, this is a 40-plus year campaign, in which the conservative legal movement has brought some of its most brilliant minds, tr

john roberts wasn't invited in but he washed all of o it. how do you recap a day like this for the president? >> the one thing i can say is i started the day with my tie on and i'm finishing the dayay with you tonight with my tie still o on. the press conference that the president had with the british prime minister and the working meetings that they had at her country home -- it's given to any prime minister it doesn't necessarily belong to her -- was a reset from what happened last night. this is the president arrived here, the sun tablet came out with an interview with they did with w him on wednesday, clearly this thing was timed which was looked at as the president pulling the political rug out from underneath theresa may. this thing really blew up because the president said what's called a soft brexit plan, it was likely that the united states wasn't going to be able to cut a trade deal with her. p it sound like president was being critical. the president insisted today that he was not beingri critical of her and the two of them actual

john roberts was in the news conference and is live now in helsinki. hi, john. >> shep, good evening to you from helsinki. the early indications are, this will cost the president dearly, this summit. he's taking it on the chin. not just from democrats, but from republicans as well. from literally every state across the nation. the president promised twice last week that he was going to have very direct with vladimir putin in asking him about meddling in the election and he told us as he left the press conference at checkers with theresa may that he was going to be very direct in telling vladimir putin that he had better not do it again. so this ambiguous, probably the lightest word you could use, this ambiguous answer about whether he believes american intelligence or vladimir putin about meddling in the election drew a very sharp response from the director of national intelligence, dan coats who in a statement said "the role of the intelligence community is to provide the best information and fact-based assessment for the president and policy makers.

roberts on obama care, unquote. it is near impossible to imagine that president trump would select a nominee who isn't hostile to our healthcare law and healthcare for millions and millions and millions of americans, who isn't hostile to a woman's freedom to make her own healthcare decisions. :: that would reverse trophy way. he, himself, bent his career in pursuit of it and that is not just my view. according to edward weiland, one of the most prominent legal conservative activists and scholars and bloggers said quote, no one has been more dedicated to the enterprise of building a supreme court that will overturn roe v wade than the federalist society asked leonard leo. no one has been more dedicated to overturning roe persuade than the very man who chose the list of 25 and that is what we're up against here. that is why america is on tenterhooks so worried about any choice from this list. let me repeat again. mr. leonard leo is the man who assembled trumps list of supreme court nominees and no one, no one, has bee

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how chief justice john roberts could play a key role in an unexpected way. >>> new this morning, growing concerns over evidence that north korea is ramping up its nuclear program. multiple experts exclusively tell nbc news that north korea is deceiving the u.s., despite president trump's claim that kim jong-un agreed to denuclearization. nbc's janis mackey frayer has details. >> reporter: it was a remarkable moment. the leaders of the u.s. and north korea standing shoulder to shoulder, pledging to denuclearize the korean peninsula. but now, more than a dozen u.s. intelligence officials tell nbc news that despite this month's historic summit, north korea appears to be pushing ahead with its nuclear program, stepping up production of enriched uranium in recent months at multiple secret sites. one official saying of the north koreans, there's no evidence that they are decreasing stockpiles or that they've stopped their production. >> what's clear here is that the u.s. believes, in fact, they are being deceptive about the actual size of their program. >> that north korea is growing its nucle

. >> john roberts, go ahead, john. >> can i ask -- >> no, no. john roberts go ahead. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from fake news. cnn is fake news, don't take questions from cnn. john roberts from fox, let's go to a real network. >> we're a real network too, sir. >> we're told that ambassador bolton was prepared to do the interview and invite him to join us at any time. i want to bring in mark warner from virginia, the top democrat on the intelligence committee. senator, thanks so much. i want to play what president trump said this morning -- >> jake, first of all -- >> yeah. >> jake, let me make clear, i'm not afraid to come on cnn so even if the white house doesn't want to send someone, i'm happy to be on your show. >> we appreciate it, sir. i want to play for you what president trump said about the 12 russian military officials indicted. let's take a listen. >> this was during the obama administration. they were doing whatever it was during the obama administration. i think the dnc should be ashamed of themselves for allowing themselves to be hacked. th

but first, let's bring in chief white house correspondent john roberts here in helsinki. john? >> chris, good afternoon to you. president trump is lowering expectations for what might come out of tomorrow's summit here in helsinki saying it may not amount to much, but one thing is clear, these two leaders do have an awful lot to talk about. president trump is seeking to distance himself from the indictment of 12 russian agents for meddling in the 2016 election. the president tweeting these russian individuals did their work during the obama years. why didn't obama do something about it? because he thought crooked hillary would win. that's why. on friday, the deputy attorney general said there was definitely an attempt by russian operatives to throw the election. >> the conspirators created fictitious on-line personas including d.c. leaks and 2.0, and they used those personas to release information and discuss the timing of the release in an attempt to enhance the impact on the election. >> president trump promised he will bring up russian meddling in the election when he meets

it's hard to imagine john roberts would want to do that. >> let me interrupt. he could be the new swing, the new anthony kennedy, the swing set. >> what you do have are issues from the states that could challenge roe v. wade on things like is viability of the fetus the new standard or what exactly is an undue burden on the right to an abortion. those are the things that are going to be tested by a lot of cases that are going to be coming to the supreme court from the states. >> technically, roe v. wade is not written the best. it's probably is not the number 1 target. >> right. >> and the subsequent decision that kind of helped save roe because it was a poorly written and reasoned decision. this is a proxy for general approach. there's this perspective among progressives that the constitution is a changing document that should change as people change. there's in other attitude that the constitution is something that can persist because human nature stays the same. we need a strained and limited government because people will always use government to lure over o

. >> john roberts live. chief white house correspondent we always have high expectations for your reporting. what are your sources saying? >> well, i would hate to burst your bubble swelled to the best i can. the president lowering expectations for the summit, also lorraine expect patience for the coverage will receive if we put some pictures of the president leaving there in scotland halfway between where he was at turnberry glasco where he flew in. the president readings and unfortunately no matter how well he do at the summit, if i was even the great city of moscow as retribution for all the sins in eagles committed i would return to criticism that it wasn't good enough. i should've gotten st. petersburg as he has all the way along on this trip. i will tell you one thing. the indictment of the 12 of the election that came down on friday is going to change the tone to some degree that they summit. the president said when he was with theresa may at checkers checkers on friday in a press conference that he w

john roberts. even in the case that donald trump nominate somebody that does not have a public record on these issues, donald trump slip tests dos -- litmus the talking for him. he intended take donald trump is at his word. it is for this reason that several senators from leadheer to senator harris of california have found they will reject any name from trump's shortlist. other have expressed deep skepticism but will wait to hear from the nominee in a hearing part that brings us to the reason for this press conference, to lay down what we believe should be the standard what these nominees have to say when they have to answer to the senators into the public on these quick clashes. because of trump's litmus tests, these nominees will face a higher burden than any past nominee. they already start off having three strikes against them because of the positions trump has already ascribed to them. therefore, this nominee will not have the luxury of trying to skate through these hearings without answering

john roberts. go ahead. >> can i ask you a question. president trump: no, john roberts. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. john rob earth of fox. jesse: cnn is fake news here and fake news across the pond. i thereof watching that stuff. >> it's fabulous. one of the networks doing? you are crushing it with your show. cnn, i think the latest figures published this week doesn't have a show in the top 15 ranked shows in america. i think outside of anderson cooper and people forced to watch tonight airports, no one* is watching cnn. so the president is right. jesse: avenatti showed up at the resist trump march in london. of all people, doesn't he have other business to conduct in the united states? who is paying for that trip. >> it's virtue signaling. most of of them that were there come from upper middle class families. they have rich mummies and daddies. they don't go to work and they have names like sebastian and nigel. hugo, and they are all fright any jolly nice. and isn't this trump chap simply ghastly. and they don't name a thing. jesse: i wouldn't tak

bush, leo played a role in the nominations of john roberts and scam you' samuel alito. what is unusual is that president trump appears to be relying solely on these highly partisan organizations to shape our country's judicial system which, after all, is one of the two major checks on presidential authority according to the constitution. the other, of course, is congress. here to talk about the implications of all of this with me now is attorney danielle mclauchlin. author of the federalist society, how conservatives took the law back from liberals. danielle, thanks for joining me again. good to see you. >> good to see you, ali. >> to what degree is this new? i know we've had presidents who have appointed people who they know personally, in some cases with whom they've had some personal association, but that's not really donald trump's world. he doesn't come from the world of law or a long time in politics so he is doing what i guess would be expected of a republican president at this point. these organizations that have come to be relied upon for this. >> yes. so, up u

liz: you know what's wild all of a sudden chief justice john roberts could be the swing vote because he voted for obamacare. he could be the swing vote in a conservative court. >> here's my theory. the least conservative number with the swing vote was sandra day o'connor and no matter who the president nominates tonight and who is confirmed the chief justice will become the swing vote. that will make him the most powerful chief justice in the modern era. liz: let's talk about raymond kethledge. raymond kethledge as mitch mcconnell pointed out he is recommended to president trump. there were fewer obstacles to confirmation. rick kavanaugh is big an backing date -- and so as kethledge does not like the federal agency of of senate law. >> here is what rolling back the administrative state means. we have these administrative agents the epa, the fda the fcc. they make a rule and they enforced the rule and they interpret the rule but when the rule is challenged for the equal in court to the challenger or do they have a leg up? are that they have a leg up. rolling back the estate would put

the chief white house correspondent john roberts with me in helsinki. we will weigh in on this and first we go to john roberts with me, good evening to you. don't you love it how you get perpetual twilight? >> it has been an excellent evening, an excellent stop and you've had one heck of a tour. >> it is been good so far but the big cahone is coming up tomorrow. the indictments of the 12 russian intelligence agents certainly add an element of intrigue to this. vladimir putin has assisted many times at least on one occasion, you see this, the russian government had nothing to do with meddling in the s election for the present promise to bring the issue up tomorrow. it is something they say should make for an interesting conversation. >> he made it plain that he said the russian state was not involved. and he was very clear with his translator that that is the word he wanted. now we will have to see, given that these are allegations concerning gr agents. -- the president spoke with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu when he was at turnberry and

bush when he named john roberts that john roberts would be signing and legalizing same-sex marriage. so there is no guarantees here about what happens over the years. i'm not seeing much of that. sara: when democrats say we should wait until after the mueller investigation. i think we could use historical context to prove the power of the supreme court as an institution. howie: when we come back we'll talk to terry smith, the contributing columnist for the capital-gazette where five staffers were murdered. this wi-fi is fast. i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. howie: there was an emotional outpouring after the capital-gazette killing. >> he was going down our newsroom starting from the front and yeah just continually shooting people. howie: terrance smith writes a column for the capital-gazette and i spoke to h

john roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. >> we're a real network too sir. >> we're told ambassador bolton was prepared to do the interview and we invite him to join us or anyone at the white house any time. our white house correspondent kait lan collins. >> in the last two days trump has been holed at the golf course in scotland preparing for the summit with his aides and advisers there including the national security adviser john bolton. he's also played a little golf but also spoken with some world leaders, including the israeli prime minister, benk anyojamin netanyahu. but jake, one thing the president has not done while he's been at the golf course preparing for summit in helsi i helsinki. issue a critical statement in light of the 12 russian intelligence officers charged with attacking an american election. so far the president has only blamed former president barack obama and the democrats and instead issuing no blame for putin himself or any of the russian officials in part of that. that cl

chris. >> chris: john roberts reporting here in helsinki, john, thank you. joining me now, the u.s. ambassador to russia, jon huntsman. ambassador, welcome back to fox on sunday. >> ambassador huntsman: pleasure to be with you. >> chris: i want to start with president trump's comments coming into the summit this week in helsinki. here he is. >> so i have nato, i have the u.k., which is in somewhat have. frankly, putin may be the easiest of them all, who would think? >> chris: ambassador, do you for the president's meeting with putin as the easiest he has this week? >> ambassador huntsman: i would say the president is our most experienced negotiator elected president in recent years. putin similarly is a very experienced negotiator. he's an intelligence operative. that's how we approach as all of his subjects, thinking in terms of an intelligence operation. if they are both very experienced and wise to the world. for the president, the challenges are certainly there, but i think he is genuinely looking forward to sitting across the table and trying to reduce the tension in a relation

>> john roberts, can i ask you a question? >> no, no. john roberts, go ahead. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from cnn. cnn is fake news. john roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. >> we're a real network, too. >> thank you, mr. president. some people said relations with the united states and russia are at the lowest point since the end of the cold war. i stated its important to have a better -- you stated it's important to have a better relationship with russia. is there any way for relations with united states and russia to improve even though they are still in crimea? >> i think we'll have a good relationship. i'm different than other people. i think that we are being hurt very badly by the i would call it the witch hunt. i would call it the rigged witch hunt after watching some of the little clips. i didn't get to watch too much because i'm here it's a different time zone. but after watching the people, the man that was testifying yesterday, i call it the rigged witch hunt. i think that really hurts our country and it really hurts our relationship with russia.

john roberts, go ahead. no. john roberts. cnn is fake news. cnn is fake news. i don't take questions from fake news. john roberts is fox. let us go to a real network. reporter: thank you, mr. president. some people have suggested the relationship between the united states and russia are at their lowest point -- is at its lowest point since the cold war. is there any way for relations between the united states and russia to improve as long as vladimir putin continues to occupy crimea? think i couldp: i have a very good relationship with of vladimir putin if we spent time together. i think we are being hurt very badly by the, i would call it the witchhunt, the rigged witchhunt after watching some of the little clips. i have not been able to watch it very much. the manr watching testifying yesterday, i would call it the "rigged which could -- witchhunt. it really hurts our country and our relationship with russia. we would have a very good chance to have a good relationship with president vladimir putin. i would hope so. are your thoughts about improving relations

john roberts voted with the other side. she needs to be pressed on that issue. >> susan collins is not going to much care if she's being pressed by democrats on this, right? >> no. >> but who might care about the democratic caucus, joe manchin, and heidi hieitkamp. >> at the aca, they're affirmative campaigning on their work to protect the aca. many voted against the president's tax law because it included a back door deal of individual mandate. as donald trump said he's only going to appoint people who will vote the other way john roberts voted in the key case. >> it does seem like, let me just say, people, voters have more to vote when it comes to the supreme court when you look at that than health care. people look at this and talk about is health care, but the supreme court pick overrides some of that. how do you get beyond that because this is not a motivating for democrats? >> it's true that republicans have had it going through but we need to change that going forward. every since the repeal effort last year, joe man

>> john roberts, go ahead. no, no. john roberts. cnn is fake news. >> i i don't take questions from cnn. cnn is fake news. john roberts of fox. let's go to a real network. john. >> we are a real network, too, sir. >> some people suggest a relation between the united states and russia are at the lowest point since the end of the cold war. you have stated many, many times that you think is important to have a better relationship with russia. is there any way for relations between the united states and russia to improve as long as putin continues to occupy crimea? >> yes, i think so. i think i have very good relationship with president putin if we spend time together. i may be wrong. of the people said that, it didn't work out but i'm different from other people. i think we are being hurt very badly by what i would call the witchhunt. i would call it the rigged witchhunt after watching some of the little clips that you get to watch. after watching the people, the man that was testifying yesterday, i called the rigged witchhunt. i think

i will also say this, john roberts, with the exception of a couple of decisions, john roberts has been a solid justice for conservatives. is there a failure? you can't know. you cannot know what hundred percent with these guys. but you can get assurances looking at their records and their writings, taking them at their word. scarlet: thank you for your time. back to wall street. theony scaramucci discusses company he founded. ded. scarlet: for 11 days last july anthony scaramucci served as white house medications director. and sat down with erik to discuss his firm and his outlook on hedge funds. >> 90 some percent are in the fund it three years from now could we have 10 or 25% of our assets away from our core product? i think so. we have a good coulter at the firm. we have a good distribution mechanism. we can attract core money managers to that platform that are doing well for clients. i do think that will happen. are you now question mark >> a little over 10. we will be subjected to performance but i don't think there's any reason why we cannot double the size of the firm. a 15% gro